Guarding "Bridge of no Return"
Photograph
Guarding "Bridge of no Return"
South Korea - Democracy on Trial
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (23.5 × 15.6 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0077
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Korea) 10/61 9) GUARDING "BRIDGE OF NO RETURN," an American M.P. stands \ with his back to North Korea. The United Nations command and the \ North Koreans maintain a permanent garrison of 30 men at this \ bridge over which thousands of prisoners of war were exchanged \ after the peace treaty of 1953 ended the Korean War. U.S. forces \ also posses F-100 Sabrejets and "Honest John" and atomic cannons. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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